Physics 67 Class Schedule and Readings
| Week | Topics |
Reading/Links |
Homework |
| 8 Sep | Positional Astronomy and Measures of Time
Nature of Light Introduction to Observatory Use | Chapter 1:1.4, Skim 1.1-1.3
Chapter 3: pg. 34-40, skim 44-55 Chapter 4: pg. 60-61, 80-86, 89-91 Chapter 2 Coordinates and the Celestial Sphere Summary of Measures of Time September 2004 Calendar for Schenectady |
Homework
#1
due Thursday, September 16 |
| 15 Sep | Telescope and Detector Basics
IDL Programming Basics Lab 1: CCD Imaging Using Filters, Image Collection |
Chapter 5: pg. 98-106, 110-119
Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.3 Chapter 7: 7.1 -7.4 Refracting Telescope Applet |
Homework #2 (handed out)
due Thursday, September 23 |
| 22 Sep | CCD Astronomy, Image Processing
Lab 1: CCD Characteristics Complete Part 1 (bias and dark analysis) by Thursday, Sept 30. |
CCD Summary with Pictures (optional) | Homework
#3
due Tuesday, September 28 |
| 29 Sep | CCD Noise Analysis
Lab 1: Sky Flats and CCD Processing Due Monday, Oct 11 | ||
| 6 Oct | Photometry
Begin Lab 2: Differential Stellar Photometry |
Chapter 8: 8.1-8.4, emphasizing luminosity, flux, magnitudes | |
| 13 Oct | Photometry, Differential Photometry Methods
Propose Observational Term Project |
Chapter 9: 9.1, 9.2, 9.4 through p. 262 (not including Excitation temperature section)
Chapter 9: 9.5 (skim 270-276, 277-279, 282-294 but read Standard Candles and Cepheids sections) Stellar Evolution and Variable Star Summary Variable Stars in Star Cluster M3 |
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| 20 Oct | Midterm: October 21 | ||
| 27 Oct | Surface Photometry
Observational Projects |
Web sites helpful for observational projects:
Online Astronomy Notes (gen-ed level) Online Galaxy Lecture Notes (more advanced) Examples of Unsharp Masking Technique | |
| 3 Nov | Spectroscopy
Observational Projects Tuesday, Nov 9: Special Evening Talk: Mapping the Universe: Galaxies, Dark Matter, and What We Don't Know Dr. Martha Hayes , Cornell University 7:00PM in Olin Auditorium |
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| 10 Nov | Observational Projects and Talks |
Last Updated: October 28, 2004